---
sidebar_label: hasura seed
sidebar_position: 36
description: Manage seed data using the Hasura CLI
keywords:
  - hasura
  - docs
  - CLI
  - hasura seed
---

# Hasura CLI: hasura seed

Manage seed data.

## Synopsis

The seed command, via its various subcommands, allows you to manage seed data for your Hasura GraphQL Engine project. Seed data is data that is used to populate your database when you run the ``hasura seed apply`` command. You can use seed data to populate your database with data that is required for your application to run. For example, you can use seed data to populate your database with an admin user that you can use to log in to your application.

Further reading:
- https://hasura.io/docs/latest/migrations-metadata-seeds/manage-seeds/


**Alias:** sd, seeds

## Options

```sass
    --admin-secret string            admin secret for Hasura GraphQL Engine (env "HASURA_GRAPHQL_ADMIN_SECRET")
    --certificate-authority string   path to a cert file for the certificate authority (env "HASURA_GRAPHQL_CERTIFICATE_AUTHORITY")
    --database-name string           database on which operation should be applied
    --disable-interactive            disables interactive prompts (default: false) (env "HASURA_GRAPHQL_DISABLE_INTERACTIVE")
    --endpoint string                http(s) endpoint for Hasura GraphQL Engine (env "HASURA_GRAPHQL_ENDPOINT")
-h, --help                           help for seed
    --insecure-skip-tls-verify       skip TLS verification and disable cert checking (default: false) (env "HASURA_GRAPHQL_INSECURE_SKIP_TLS_VERIFY")
```

## Options inherited from parent commands

```sass
--envfile string      .env filename to load ENV vars from (default ".env")
--log-level string    log level (DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR, FATAL) (default "INFO")
--no-color            do not colorize output (default: false)
--project string      directory where commands are executed (default: current dir)
--skip-update-check   skip automatic update check on command execution
```

## SEE ALSO

- [hasura](/hasura-cli/commands/hasura.mdx) - Hasura GraphQL Engine command line tool
- [hasura seed apply](/hasura-cli/commands/hasura_seed_apply.mdx) - Apply seed data
- [hasura seed create](/hasura-cli/commands/hasura_seed_create.mdx) - Create a new seed file

_Auto generated by spf13/cobra_
